Artist: nick thorburn

Video: Busdriver & Islands' Nick Thorburn Get Goofy, Talk 'Beaus$Eros'

Feb 14, 3:09pm Prefixmag.com

Today marks the release of Busdriver's latest release, Beaus$Eros , which apparently took him more than a year to record. And ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ video-busdriver-islands-nick-t horburn-get-goofy-ta/61935/

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Stream Islands- A Sleep & A Forgetting

Feb 14, 11:26am The Needle Drop

Islands is the pet project of Nick Thorburn-formerly of the Unicorns-and Anti- has seen fit to put up a stream of the band's new album, which is set to berelease today! If you have listened to the songs they have released thus far from the album "This is not a song" and "Hallways" you should have fairly good indication of what you're in store for here. There is a real catchy friendliness to the tracks here, which is largely due to the slower nature of them. It is definitely a light avant-pop album, but there isn't anything inherently wrong with that.

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Stream Islands A Sleep & A Forgetting

Feb 7, 1:25pm Stereogum

Since announcing plans for a new album last October , the Islands' Nick Thorburn has given us " Hallways " and " This Is Not A Song " (proving, indeed, one man is the Islands). Now, the entirety of A Sleep & A Forgetting is streaming. Head below to hear it. Read More...

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MP3: Islands - "This Is Not A Song"

Dec 5, 2011, 2:24pm Minneapolis Fucking Rocks

Islands - "This Is Not A Song" Nick Thorburn will release a new Islands album, A Sleep & A Forgetting , on 2/14 via Anti.

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Artist:	Islands
Title:	This Is Not A Song
Link Text:	Islands - “This Is Not A Song”
File Name:	islands_thisisnotasong.mp3
Bitrate:	224 kbps
Genre:	Alternative

Check Out: Islands – "This Is Not A Song"

Dec 5, 2011, 1:16pm Consequence Of Sound

Someone folks will undoubtedly be fooled by the title, but we can confirm that Montreal avant-pop band Islands ' "This Is Not A Song" is , in fact, a song. The first single from their upcoming fourth album, A Sleep & A Forgetting , the track is a slow, somber dose of minimalism, with creative head honcho Nick Thorburn's voice emoting with a sensual energy in some parts and practically melting to pieces in others. Call it what you will, but the cut has heaps of gravity despite its utter sparseness. Take a listen [...]

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Artist:	Islands
Title:	This Is Not A Song
Link Text:	Islands - “This Is Not A Song”
File Name:	Islands_-_This_Is_Not_a_Song.m p3
Bitrate:	224 kbps
Genre:	Alternative

Islands Feel Abandoned by Fans, Plan Break-Up Album for Valentine's Day

Nov 11, 2011, 3:49pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases ANTI- Nick Diamonds never repeats himself. Whether he's focused on indie-rock supergroup Mister Heavenly or his main project, Islands , Diamonds -- who also co-fronted the now-defunct Unicorns -- is never short on inspiration. But his constant experimentation apparently leaves some listeners feeling a little put off. "I feel like I've lost a lot of [...]

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Islands A Sleep & A Forgetting Details

Oct 27, 2011, 1:09pm Stereogum

Now that he's returned from a sojourn with side project Mister Heavenly , Nick Thorburn came home and rattled out a new Islands record. The title, A Sleep & A Forgetting is either a Wordsworth reference (bonus points) or an Orson Scott Card reference (DOUBLE bonus points). THORBURN TO THREAD! Check out the track listing below. It's out 2/14. Read More...

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Islands announce new album: A Sleep & A Forgetting

Oct 25, 2011, 10:14am Consequence Of Sound

After dedicating most of 2010 to his Michael Cera-aided side-project Mister Heavenly , Nick Thorburn is back to his day job as frontman of Islands . And early next year, the Montreal-bred indie-pop band will release their fourth album, A Sleep & A Forgetting , via ANTI-Records. Due for release on February 14th, the album was produced by Thorburn and fellow Islands member Evan Gordon in less than two weeks and each of the 11 songs were recorded live. According to Thorburn, the sound is his "interpretation of soul music," while the lyrical content deals with his own [...]

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Album Review: Mister Heavenly, Out of Love

Sep 7, 2011, 12:27am The Rotation

Mister Heavenly , some would say, is an unlikely amalgam of musicians. The super group trio consists of Ryan Kattner, better known as Honus Honus of Man Man ; Nick Thorburn, also known as Nick Diamonds of The Unicorns and Islands ; and Joe Plummer, drummer for Modest Mouse . Unlikely or not, with their debut album Out of Love , they are a welcome breath of fresh air to the indie scene. The brilliance of Out of Love is its uniquely wacky combination of frivolity and heartfelt seriousness. This [...]

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Artist:	Mister Heavenly
Title:	Pineapple Girl
Link Text:	“Pineapple Girl” - Mister Heavenly
File Name:	Pineapple-Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

LIVE REVIEW: Mister Heavenly @ The Independent, SF 8/22/11

Aug 23, 2011, 3:13pm The Owl Mag

Mister Heavenly plays heavenly set at The Independent in San Francisco.

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Album Review: Mister Heavenly – Out of Love

Aug 16, 2011, 8:00am Consequence Of Sound

Years ago (and we're talking like four-five years ago), Man Man frontman Honus Honus expressed that he would one day like to work with The Unicorns/Islands mastermind Nick Thorburn . In the months and years that followed, they collaborated here and there and revealed that what they were cooking up was to be called "Doom-Wop." And with the addition of the percussive expertise of Joe Plummer (The Shins, Modest Mouse), they had themselves a band. Beginning a supergroup side project is one thing. But creating a completely new genre? Lofty, to say the least, and [...]

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Mister Heavenly's Honus Honus Talks 'Out of Love' LP and 'Weird Supergroup Label'

Jul 22, 2011, 1:16pm Spinner.com

Filed under: Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Jacqueline Di Milia Since word got out that Mister Heavenly , a band comprised of Man Man 's Honus Honus , Islands ' Nick Thorburn and Modest Mouse 's Joe Plummer, would be heading into the studio to put their stomping rock to wax, music fans have been on tender hooks. (Film fans, however, can unhook themselves since sometime-member [...]

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Album of the day (of the year): Nick Diamonds – I Am An Attic

Jul 15, 2011, 4:40am Happy Days Are Here Again

Album solista di Nick Diamonds (al secolo Nick Thorburn), frontman degli Islands ed Unicorns.

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Nick Diamonds - Attic

Jul 11, 2011, 8:35pm blahblahblahscience

Nick Diamonds is former Unicorns and Islands members Nick Thorburn. The Diamond man releases today, I Am an Attic, an 11-song digital LP available on Bandcamp for whatever price you see fit. Expect a lot of the same "serious absurdity" and "measured goofiness" you've come to expect from Thorburn's releases with Unicorns and Islands. Attic is most defnitely cut from a similar sort of cloth. The whimsical lead track "Attic" is the standout of the set. You can get more info on Nick and I Am an Attic here [...]

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Nick Diamonds Releases Free I Am An Attic LP

Jul 11, 2011, 9:35am Stereogum

Lead Island, ex-Unicorn, present Mssr. Heavenly Nick Thorburn has made good on his years-old promise to gift us with a free album, despite wondering along the way (and even this morning ) about its quality. He's seemed genuinely uncertain, though after hearing the pretty pair of preview tracks we posted last winter ( "Gone Bananas" and "Used To Be Funny" , which has lyrics reflecting all this self-doubt) it's a relief he's decided to share the whole platter. Stream or download it below via his Bandcamp , free (" for a bit [...]

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Mister Heavenly – "Bronx Sniper"

Jul 8, 2011, 2:52pm Stereogum

Mister Heavenly , the side-project of Islands' Nick Thorburn, Man Man's Honus Honus, and Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer, release their debut Out Of Love next month via Sub Pop. Here's the stomping opening track, "Bronx Sniper." You can hear a bit of all the aforementioned bands in it. As well as Ugly Casanova. Read More...

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Artist:	Mister Heavenly
Title:	Bronx Sniper
File Name:	SoundCloud
Year:	2011

Modest Mouse/Islands Supergroup Announce Debut Album

Jun 2, 2011, 8:36pm Rockonthestreets.com

Mister Heavenly , the supergroup featuring Man Man's Honus Honus, Islands' Nick Thorburn, and Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer have announced details of their debut album. The band, which also features actor Michael Cera as a touring member, are set to release their debut album 'Out of Love' on August 16 via Sup Pop. The forthcoming album is set to feature 12 tracks including " Pineapple Girl " which you can download below, courtesy of Pitchfork . MP3 : Mister Heavenly: " Pineapple Girl " ' Out of Love [...]

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Artist:	Mister Heavenly
Title:	Pineapple Girl
Link Text:	Pineapple Girl
File Name:	Mister Heavenly - Pineapple Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Man Man's Honus Honus Reveals Writing 'Life Fantastic' Was 'Excruciating'

May 16, 2011, 1:20pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases Courtesy of Man Man Man Man do not do anything the easy way. When Spinner spoke with moustachioed singer and keyboardist Honus Honus the day before their new record, 'Life Fantastic,' drops, the Philadelphia spaz-rock-wizard-clan were somewhere in Albuquerque, N.M., transferring gear from their just-broken-down van into a U-Haul. "People are gonna be like, 'Man Man's ballin'!'" says Honus, with characteristic black [...]

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Buck 65 Feels 'Terribly Grown Up' After '20 Odd Years'

Feb 1, 2011, 10:31am Spinner.com

Filed under: News , New Releases Warner Music Buck 65 's new album title is deceiving. '20 Odd Years' seems like the perfect name for a disc that marks two decades in the rhyming game, but the Canadian rapper says a stroll down memory lane wasn't the intention when he first set to work on the project. "I actually didn't realize the anniversary until the record was almost over," Buck 65, aka Richard Terfry, [...]

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Hear Two Songs From Indie Supergroup Mister Heavenly

Jan 14, 2011, 11:33am We All Want Someone To Shout For

Mister Heavenly is a indie super-group consisting of Nick Thorburn of Islands, Honus Honus from Man Man, and Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse. Michael Cera is a touring member as well. Talk about a pitch perfect indie super group. Today they gave fans a reason to get excited. They gave away two of their songs as a free download. First was the exciting "Mister Heavenly", a song that grooves and moves, showcasing the unique sound that each member brings to the table The second track, Pineapple Girl, reminds me a lot of the Islands. Always a good [...]

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